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Flower Hill Beginners Chase

Navan · 21 January 2017
  • TypeChase
  • Distance2m 4f
  • GoingSoft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners9

Acapella Bourgeois (FR) (2/1) won the Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan on 21 January 2017, beating Arbre De Vie (FR) by 4¾ lengths under Roger Loughran for trainer Ms Sandra Hughes. 9 ran on Soft going over 2m 4f; the winning time was 5m 40.30s (slow by 34.30s). The 10/11 favourite, Arbre De Vie (FR), finished 2nd, beaten 4¾ lengths.

On the record: how often the favourite wins in a field of 9 — The market

Winner Acapella Bourgeois (FR)
SP: 2/1KTB Rating 149AKTB Speed 61A J: Roger Loughran T: Ms Sandra Hughes
Won by 4¾ lengthsFav: Arbre De Vie (FR) 10/11 · 2nd
Pos Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt KTBSpd Time Prize SP
1st Acapella Bourgeois (FR) 7g Roger Loughran Ms Sandra Hughes 11-12 149A61A 5:40.30 7,995 2/1
2nd Arbre De Vie (FR) 7g 4¾ R Walsh W P Mullins 11-12 144A57A 5:41.49 2,470 10/11 fav
3rd Moonshine Lad (IRE) 9g 26 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 11-12 116C37C 5:47.99 1,170 7/1
4th Burgas (FR) 6g 4½ Sean Flanagan Noel Meade 11-12 116C34C 5:49.11 520 6/1
5th Steamboat Bill (IRE) 6g 25 Keith Donoghue Gordon Elliott 11-12 116C14C 5:55.36 195 28/1
6th Twiss's Hill (IRE) 8m 13 Patrick Corbett(3) David Harry Kelly 11-2 106C4C 5:58.61 — 66/1
7th Dont Kick Nor Bite (IRE) 6m 4½ Mark Walsh Robert Tyner 11-5 109C1C 5:59.74 — 20/1
8th Dorkas (GB) 8m 39 Brian O'Connell J R Finn 11-5 109C-29C 6:09.49 — 66/1
PU Robin De Roost (IRE) 7g — Jonathan Moore Thomas Gibney 11-12 —— — — 66/1

Winning time 5m 40.30s (slow by 34.30s)

Against the standard Standard time for this trip here: 5m 23.88s. This race ran 16.42s (5.1% slower); the day's other races here ran 0.8% slower (N 6). Net of the day: 4.2% slower. As at 3 Oct 2026.

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (8 of 9 runners have a figure). KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 — how fast each horse ran against the course standard; 100 = the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on this code (8 of 9 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

In-running commentary is not available from our data provider for this period.

Quick answers

Who won the Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan in 2017?
Acapella Bourgeois (FR) won the Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan on 21 January 2017, ridden by Roger Loughran and trained by Ms Sandra Hughes.
What was the finishing order of the 2017 Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan?
1st Acapella Bourgeois (FR) (2/1), 2nd Arbre De Vie (FR) (10/11F), 3rd Moonshine Lad (IRE) (7/1).
What price was the winner of the 2017 Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan?
Acapella Bourgeois (FR) returned a starting price of 2/1.
How many horses ran in the 2017 Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan?
9 horses ran in the 2017 Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan.
What was the winning time of the 2017 Flower Hill Beginners Chase at Navan?
The winning time was 5m 40.30s (slow by 34.30s).

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